British Literature And The Balkans

Author : Andrew Hammond
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789042029880

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British Literature and the Balkans by Andrew Hammond Pdf

The manner in which south-east Europe is viewed by western cultures has been an increasingly important area of study over the last twenty years. During the 1990s, the wars in the former Yugoslavia reactivated denigratory images of the region that many commentators perceived as a new, virulent strain of intra-European prejudice. British Literature and the Balkans is a wide-ranging and original analysis of balkanist discourse in British fiction and travel writing. Through a study of over 300 texts, the volume explores the discourse’s emergence in the imperial nineteenth century and its extensive transformations during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. There will be a particular focus on the ways in which the most significant currents in western thought – Romanticism, empiricism, imperialism, nationalism, communism – have helped to shape the British concept of the Balkans. The volume will be of interest to those working in the area of European cross-cultural representation in the disciplines of Literary Studies, Cultural Studies, European Studies, Anthropology and History.

Author : Carole Hodge
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134425570

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Britain and the Balkans by Carole Hodge Pdf

This book traces the evolution of British policy in former Yugoslavia, from the onset of war in Croatia and Bosnia to the NATO action in Kosovo and beyond, examining the underlying factors which have governed Britain's Balkans policy.

Author : Andrew Hammond
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015070708477

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The Debated Lands by Andrew Hammond Pdf

A volume focusing on the popular genre of travel writing, the book examines over 400 British and American literary texts in order to outline and account for the multiple ways in which the Balkans have been represented from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.

Author : Vesna Goldsworthy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Balkan Peninsula
ISBN : 0231704232

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Inventing Ruritania by Vesna Goldsworthy Pdf

Published more than a decade ago, Inventing Ruritania has become a standard study of the West's attitude toward the Balkans -- the "Wild East" of Europe. With its Western and Oriental influences, the Balkans have both attracted and repelled outsiders, offering a tantalizing alternative to familiar society. Completely different from "us" yet exactly what "we" used to be, the Balkans have particularly provided Western European and American writers and filmmakers with a wealth of images, characters, and ideas. In her prodigiously researched volume, Vesna Goldsworthy explores the entertainment industry's lucrative exploitation of Balkan history and geography and its affect on Western conceptions of the region. She traces the national, religious, and sexual fears foreign observers project onto Balkan lands and the use of Balkan archetypes. The work of an Anglo-Serbian writer and former BBC journalist turned academic, Inventing Ruritania maps an imaginary geography that has had palpable consequences in the practical world.

Author : Eugene Michail
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826422682

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The British and the Balkans by Eugene Michail Pdf

Author : Ludmilla Kostova
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Balkan Peninsula
ISBN : IND:30000053408401

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Разкази За Периферията by Ludmilla Kostova Pdf

Author : A. Hammond
Publisher : Springer
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137274854

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British Fiction and the Cold War by A. Hammond Pdf

This book offers a unique analysis of the wide-ranging responses of British novelists to the East-West conflict. Hammond analyses the treatment of such geopolitical currents as communism, nuclearism, clandestinity, decolonisation and US superpowerdom, and explores the literary forms which writers developed to capture the complexities of the age.

Author : Marija Knežević
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-18
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781443883450

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The Balkans in Travel Writing by Marija Knežević Pdf

This book revisits images of the Balkans in twentieth-century travel writing that vividly mirrors the turbulent changes that the region went through. As such, it provides a vital basis for research into the variety of possibilities, or obstacles, present on the region’s path to accession, when its unique heritage will have to be reconciled with a more European identity. This volume explores the work of well-known authors, such as Rebecca West, Paul Theroux, Robert D. Kaplan, and also contributes to travel writing theory by addressing less-known travellers who recorded their thoughts on the social dynamics of the region. The corpus offers divergent and often contradictory views, ranging from moral and political criticism to a delight in the rich heritage and the still “undiscovered” Balkan paths. More importantly, its generic potentials prove to overcome both the discourse of power and the discourse of apology. Its narrative style also comprises striking variations, from the objective and well-researched approaches to quick impressionist sketches. Being a multi-generic form, travel writing is observed from a multidisciplinary perspective, encompassing fields such as literature, linguistics, history, sociology, anthropology, ethnology, political sciences, and geography.

Author : Barbara Korte,Eva Ulrike Pirker,Sissy Helff
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789042030497

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Facing the East in the West by Barbara Korte,Eva Ulrike Pirker,Sissy Helff Pdf

Over the last decade, migration flows from Central and Eastern Europe have become an issue in political debates about human rights, social integration, multiculturalism and citizenship in Great Britain. The increasing number of Eastern Europeans living in Britain has provoked ambivalent and diverse responses, including representations in film and literature that range from travel writing, humorous fiction, mockumentaries, musicals, drama and children's literature to the thriller. The present volume discusses a wide range of representations of Eastern and Central Europe and its people as reflected in British literature, film and culture. The book offers new readings of authors who have influenced the cultural imagination since the nineteenth century, such as Bram Stoker, George Bernard Shaw, Joseph Conrad and Arthur Koestler. It also discusses the work of more contemporary writers and film directors including Sacha Baron Cohen, David Cronenberg, Vesna Goldsworthy, Kapka Kassabova, Marina Lewycka, Ken Loach, Mike Phillips, Joanne K. Rowling and Rose Tremain. With its focus on post-Wall Europe, Facing the East in the Westgoes beyond discussions of migration to Britain from an established postcolonial perspective and contributes to the current exploration of 'new' European identities.

Author : Carole Hodge
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134425563

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Britain and the Balkans by Carole Hodge Pdf

An incisive analysis of Britain's decision-making role in the Yugoslavian conflict of the 1990s and in the formation of its successor states. Tracing the evolution of British policy from the onset of war in Croatia and Bosnia to the NATO action in Kosovo, and beyond, this major work examines the underlying factors governing that policy, and its role in shaping the international 'consensus'. British policy is examined through parliamentary proceedings in the House of Commons and Lords, as well as through evidence offered at select committees, reports from political and humanitarian agencies, private interviews with protagonists and media coverage, in relation to the situation on the ground and to policy development on the part of other leading world powers and institutions.

Author : Maria Todorova
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199889099

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Imagining the Balkans by Maria Todorova Pdf

"If the Balkans hadn't existed, they would have been invented" was the verdict of Count Hermann Keyserling in his famous 1928 publication, Europe. Over ten years ago, Maria Todorova traced the relationship between the reality and the invention. Based on a rich selection of travelogues, diplomatic accounts, academic surveys, journalism, and belles-lettres in many languages, Imagining the Balkans explored the ontology of the Balkans from the sixteenth century to the present day, uncovering the ways in which an insidious intellectual tradition was constructed, became mythologized, and is still being transmitted as discourse. Maria Todorova, who was raised in the Balkans, is in a unique position to bring both scholarship and sympathy to her subject, and in a new afterword she reflects on recent developments in the study of the Balkans and political developments on the ground since the publication of Imagining the Balkans. The afterword explores the controversy over Todorova's coining of the term Balkanism. With this work, Todorova offers a timely, updated, accessible study of how an innocent geographic appellation was transformed into one of the most powerful and widespread pejorative designations in modern history.

Author : Daut Dauti
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350349551

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Britain, the Albanian National Question and the Fall of the Ottoman Empire, 1876-1914 by Daut Dauti Pdf

All too often Albania has been considered a relatively minor player in late-19th and early-20th century history. By contrast, this book highlights the significance of this nation and the Albanian question at this time through a detailed analysis of the relationship between Albania, Britain and the Ottoman Empire from 1876 to 1914. Making use of a wide range of archival source materials – some of which are published here in English for the first time – this book explores British foreign policy towards the development of the Albanian national movement and parallel demise of the Ottoman Empire. In doing so it illuminates the objectives of the British government, as well as shining a spotlight on the public opinion of both the British people towards Albanian nationalism and on the reaction of the Albanians towards the British diplomatic position. By looking through such a unique lens, here Daut Dauti is able to provide fresh insight into why the Albanians were not supported by the Great Powers in their national quest in the way that other Balkan countries were and draws significant new conclusions on British, Balkan and Ottoman relations. As such, this nuanced study is vital reading for all scholars interested in modern Albanian history, turn-of-the-century British international relations and the fall of the Ottoman Empire more broadly.

Author : Robert C. Austin
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781487504694

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Making and Remaking the Balkans by Robert C. Austin Pdf

With more than 25 years since the collapse of communism, the end of the wars and billions of dollars in aid, the Balkans are still characterized by corruption, state capture, and decidedly unmodern states that are often either weak or authoritarian. Taking the contemporary Balkans as a starting point, Making and Remaking the Balkans studies the region's history combined with observations based on more than twenty years of field experience. Primarily concerned with current issues in the Balkans since 1989, this book explains why the region has endured such a prolonged and fraught transition to democracy and eventual membership in the European Union. The young and educated have largely left. Governmental crisis and economic stagnation is the norm and much-needed regional cooperation has been suppressed by renewed nationalism. Wars on corruption have proved to be largely rhetorical. Making and Remaking the Balkans offers a systematic study of the issues the entire region faces as it struggles to complete the European integration process at a time when the European Union faces bigger problems elsewhere.

Author : C. Catherwood
Publisher : Springer
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2003-11-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230285880

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The Balkans in World War Two by C. Catherwood Pdf

Between 1939 and 1941 Britain had a terrible dilemma. She was keen to see Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Yugoslavia join the Allies against Nazi Germany. But the 1939 Molotov Ribbentrop Pact had changed everything: the Balkan countries were far more afraid of Stalin than of Hitler. Britain and France were also concerned about the Soviets giving so much oil to Germany: in 1940 Britain almost went to war with the USSR in an attack on the Caucasus. This book looks at how Britain tried to solve these dilemmas and ultimately failed to do so.

Author : Jennifer Todd,Dawn Walsh
Publisher : Routledge Studies in Nationalism and Ethnicity
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1032043768

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Unionisms in Times of Change by Jennifer Todd,Dawn Walsh Pdf

Unionisms in Times of Change: Brexit, Britain and the Balkans focusses on these two faces of unionisms: the flexible alternative to the nation state, and the assertor of central power.